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Imam Husain (a.s) from Revolt to Martyrdom 2 - Al-Shia The Scientific and Cultural Website of Shia belief Imam Husain (a.s) from Revolt to Martyrdom 2 2021-06-22 412 Views Imam Husain , Martyrdom of Husain , Uprising of Husain In this part of the article titled “Imam Husain from revolt to martyrdom”, we shall be looking at the encounter of Imam Husain (a.s) with different people and his final movement from Mecca to KARBALA.

A variation of this is quoted by most sources where he leaves the city so that the sanctity of the house of God would be violated by the shedding of human blood in it. Again he met a man on the way to Iraq who asked why Imam Husain (a.s) left the proximity and protection of the sacred house.

He answered: “The Umayyads usurped my wealth and I was patient; they insulted me and my family and I said nothing, and now they seek my life so I went away.” All this suggests other aspects of the story of the conflict of Imam Husain (a.s) with the Umayyads and his martyrdom which we do not know.

From all avail­able sources, one must conclude that he had such definite fears and resolu­tions that cannot be explained as obduracy or love of power when he would not flinch from his resolve to continue to his death, even when that became an increasing certainty at every stage.

It is suggested by all sources that Imam Husain (a.s) received the news of the death of Ibn Aqil even before he left Mecca.’ (1) The great poet al‑Farazdaq met Imam Husain (a.s) as the latter was leaving the Ka’bah and advised him against going to Iraq saying I left the hearts of the Kufans with you but their swords with the Umayyads. Imam Husain (a.s) answered that things happen according to a divine decree and God’s will is unknown to man.

Then he continued with these verses: “If this world is counted precious, the pleasure of God is more elevated and more knowable. And if bodies are created for death then the death of a man by the sword of God is best. And if wealth is given according to a divine decree, why should then man cling to wealth? And if treasures are gathered to be in the end left behind why then should a man be grasping after that which he must abandon?

(2) It is impossible in this short essay to recapture the deep emotions evoked by narrators of the tragedy of Karbala in their listeners, of Imam Husain’s long hours of solitude and prayer at the tomb of the Prophet, his sorrow, weeping and resignation.